Latest Puerto Rico News
USA Basketball to play host to Puerto Rico in World Cup tuneup at Las Vegas
USA Basketball has finalized its schedule of exhibition games leading into this summer’s FIBA World Cup, announcing Tuesday that it will open the five-game slate against Puerto Rico in Las Vegas on Aug. 7. It will be the only World Cup warmup game in the U.S. for the Americans, a...
Police: Puerto Rico assailants targeting drug rival killed 2 and injured 13
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Assailants in Puerto Rico who killed two people and injured 13 when they fired indiscriminately outside a bar during a birthday party were targeting just one man in a drug trafficking feud, police said Monday. No arrests have been made in the weekend...
Puerto Rico to decentralize its Education Department in bid to improve services
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Education Department, long considered a bureaucratic behemoth, will be decentralized to better serve students, officials said Monday. The announcement comes amid continuing criticism that the department is inefficient, corrupt and...
US: 44 indicted in Puerto Rico in $1.2M scheme to obtain pandemic relief funds
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicted 44 people accused in a $1.2 million scheme to illegally obtain pandemic relief funds, authorities said Thursday. The suspects are accused of submitting at least 52 loan applications to obtain federal recovery...
Supreme Court rules against Puerto Rican journalists seeking records from financial oversight board
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an organization of Puerto Rican journalists in its quest for documents from the financial oversight board created to deal with the island territory's bankruptcy. The justices by an 8-1 vote reversed an appeals court ruling...
Passenger charged with hiding camera in cruise ship restroom
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A passenger on a Caribbean cruise has been arrested after a hidden camera with video of dozens of people, including children, was discovered in a public restroom, officials said. Jeremy Froias was arrested last Wednesday in Puerto Rico and charged with...
Lions, a bear and a camel say goodbye to Puerto Rico's zoo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Time to say goodbye. Seven lions, a bear, a camel and even a porcupine left Puerto Rico's lone zoo Friday to head to a new home in Colorado. A U.S.-based animal rescue group started transferring the animals under a plan to find better...
Popular: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
HATO REY, Puerto Rico (AP) — HATO REY, Puerto Rico (AP) — Popular Inc. (BPOP) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $158.6 million. The Hato Rey, Puerto Rico-based bank said it had earnings of $2.22 per share. The company that runs Banco Popular and...
Cesar Chavez's legacy lives on in Biden's new campaign chair
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama flew to California to dedicate a national monument to Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez, a group of the activist's relatives were invited to pose for photos with the president. Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Chavez's granddaughter, hung back....
Cruise line let passenger's body decompose, lawsuit says
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband's body after he died while they were on a ship last year, saying it was left to decompose and they suffered extreme emotional trauma. After Marilyn Jones' husband...
